Village

¹ American  

[vil-ij] / ˈvɪl ɪdʒ /

noun

1. The, a city in central Oklahoma.

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village ² American  

[vil-ij] / ˈvɪl ɪdʒ /

noun

1. a small community or group of houses in a rural area, larger than a hamlet and usually smaller than a town, and sometimes (as in parts of the U.S.) incorporated as a municipality.

2. the inhabitants of such a community collectively.

3. a group of animal dwellings resembling a village.

   a gopher village.

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a village.

   village life.

village British  

/ ˈvɪlɪdʒ /

noun

1. a small group of houses in a country area, larger than a hamlet

2. the inhabitants of such a community collectively

3. an incorporated municipality smaller than a town in various parts of the US and Canada

4. a group of habitats of certain animals

5. a self-contained city area having its own shops, etc

6. (modifier) of, relating to, or characteristic of a village

   a village green

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Related Words

See community.

Other Word Forms

• intervillage adjective
• village-like adjective
• villageless adjective
• villagey adjective
• villagy adjective

Etymology

Origin of village

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin villāticum, neuter of villāticus villatic

Example Sentences

Nearly all the village's 1,200 residents fled to neighbouring villages or across the border following the strike, HRW said.

From Barron's

"I'm from a tiny village in south Germany", he says.

From BBC

Seguro and Ventura have drastically rewritten their election scripts to focus on the towns and villages worst hit by the floods and storm damage.

From Barron's

Others returned to their villages and their fates are unknown.

From Barron's

Kim Ren is among more than 1,200 families from her village and Prey Chan, another contested location, who have been staying at a temple shelter for weeks, according to local authorities.

From Barron's

Related Words

• center
• suburb